Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback
Would it be possible to have a place in account settings where we could put our cell phone number in if we wanted to be texted? Then, when a user views our profiles, they'd have the option to send a text. Just a thought, and it would be totally optional.
yup. I think that'll be the next extension of this feature. May take a bit, but it's in the works.
sounds good to me
now young J, how easy or difficult will it be to go international with this?
I don't mean to hijack the post but I found out that you can reply to someone who texts you via email. I just wonder if you can reply to that email back to their phone? How cool this is.
Squared, how difficult is it to add a <input type="text" name="Cell Phone # (Optional)"> tag to Account Settings? Not hard at all! You're exaggerating the difficulty of this feature. Just copy and paste the line of code above into the source code for the Account Settings page.
It won't work like that. With my limited knolige of php, he would have to make so that the script can accept peramitors, for example sms.php?user=1101 or something like that.
Depending on how he has done the script, this could be more than just adding a checkbox in the account settings about it.
He would also have to make it only show up as an option for people in america coz of the gateway that he uses, but i think i can find some uk gateways if he wants, dunno how there api's work though.
Good idea, BEHN.
ya. there's a bit to do to make it work. We don't always put in new features the easiest possible way. We want them to work right and be coded in a way that will let us expand them. As for international, I should be able to add more providers soon.
Squared, good choice to use a <select> tag in the page.
I assume that some kinda protection would need to be implamented aswell, for example something that stops someone from spamming me with texts, say only allow one per minute?
BEN.
I really liked the feature when I saw it, and I really do like Jesse's idea. Question I have to pose is: what if you have someone's number, but you don't know what provider they're with? Is there any way it can be made so that you just input the country code in the number and not have to pick a provider? I am unfortunately ignorent about these matters. Smile
Unfortunately, no. We need the provider to route the message through the right gateway. There may be a website that will find providers based on a number, but with number portability, this isn't always accurate.
I also think that the number should not be displayed on the profile. This would allow you to receive text messages without everyone knowing your cell phone number.
I agree with that,
Chris, I agree with that idea. The # shouldn't be in the profile for privacy reasons.
yup. it would be like Email addresses are now. You can send messages, but they won't know the address.